Chang, Cheng-HsiungCheng-HsiungChangYang, Shang-ShyngShang-ShyngYang2009-07-232018-07-062009-07-232018-07-062009http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/162810In order to prepare the multi-functional biofertilizer, thermo-tolerant phosphate-solubilizing microbes including bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi were isolated from different compost plants and biofertilizers. Except Streptomyces thermophilus J57 which lacked pectinase, all isolates possessed amylase, CMCase, chitinase, pectinase, protease, lipase, and nitrogenase activities. All isolates could solubilize calcium phosphate and Israel rock phosphate; various isolates could solubilize aluminum phosphate, iron phosphate, and hydroxyapatite. During composting, biofertilizers inoculated with the tested microbes had a significantly higher temperature, ash content, pH, total nitrogen, soluble phosphorus content, and germination rate than non-inoculated biofertilizer; total organic carbon and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio showed the opposite pattern. Adding these microbes can shorten the period of maturity, improve the quality, increase the soluble phosphorus content, and enhance the populations of phosphate-solubilizing and proteolytic microbes in biofertilizers. Therefore, inoculating thermo-tolerant phosphate-solubilizing microbes into agricultural and animal wastes represents a practical strategy for preparing multi-functional biofertilizer. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.application/pdf439670 bytesapplication/pdfen-USBiofertilizer; Maturity; Soluble phosphorus content; Thermo-tolerant phosphate-solubilizing microbes[SDGs]SDG2Agricultural wastes; Alumina; Bacteria; Calcium; Composting; Fire hazards; Hydroxyapatite; Iron compounds; Nonmetals; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Actino-mycetes; Aluminum phosphates; Animal wastes; Ash contents; Biofertilizer; Biofertilizers; Chitinase; Compost plants; Germination rates; Higher temperatures; Iron phosphates; Maturity; Multi-functional; Nitrogenase activities; Pectinase; Rock phosphates; Soluble phosphorus content; Soluble phosphorus contents; Thermo-tolerant phosphate-solubilizing microbes; Total nitrogens; Total organic carbons; Calcium phosphate; aluminum phosphate; amylase; biofertilizer; calcium phosphate; chitinase; ferric phosphate; fertilizer; hydroxyapatite; nitrogen; nitrogenase; organic carbon; phosphate; phosphorus; polygalacturonase; proteinase; triacylglycerol lipase; unclassified drug; compost; enzyme activity; fertilizer; fungus; microbial activity; phosphate; solubilization; temperature tolerance; Actinobacteria; agricultural waste; animal; article; ash; Aspergillus fumigatus; Bacillus; Bacillus coagulans; Bacillus licheniformis; bacterium; bacterium isolation; biosynthesis; Brevibacillus; carbon nitrogen ratio; composting; fungus; fungus isolation; germination; heat tolerance; high temperature; microorganism; nonhuman; pH; phosphate metabolism; phosphate solubilizing microbe; priority journal; solubilization; Streptomyces; total organic carbon; Adaptation, Physiological; Bacteria; Fertilizers; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Phosphates; Phosphorus; Soil; Solubility; Temperature; Actinobacteria (class); Animalia; Fungi; Streptomyces thermophilus10.1016/j.biortech.2008.09.009http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/162810/1/71.pdf